Polls Show Palestinians to Be Less Anti-Israel Than Their Fellow Arabs
Attitudes toward the Abraham Accords are most favorable in Gaza and Jerusalem.
August 25, 2023
Understanding the Torah’s Commandment to Return the Fugitive Slave
Defending God’s honor and cultivating human sensibilities.
On the eve of the Civil War, the problem of escaped slaves who were apprehended after fleeing to the North aggravated the tensions between the free states and the South. While the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act required that free states return escapees to their masters, Deuteronomy states unequivocally, “Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.” Yitzhak Melamed examines how Christian and Jewish exegetes explained this law:
August 25, 2023
No, the U.S. Didn’t Overthrow a Democratic Government in Persia
The myth of Mosaddeq.
In California, a Court Rules against Jewish Families and for Religious Discrimination
Ignoring the Supreme Court.
Understanding the Torah’s Commandment to Return the Fugitive Slave
Defending God’s honor and cultivating human sensibilities.
A Long-Buried Bullet Testifies to Jewish Resourcefulness in the Fight for Independence
A secret ammunition factory.